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THE EUCALYPTS OF GIPPSLAND. 



TABLE OF BOTANICAL, ABORIGINAL* AND LOCAL NAMES OF THE GIPPSLAND EUCALYPTS. 



* The majority o£ these native names are taken from the Muk-thang dialect. Mukthang, or "excellent speech," 

 was spoken by the Brabolung Kurnai, who lived on the Mitchell, Nicholson, and Tambo Rivers. 



t Wang-ngara, in the Nulit dialect, spoken by the Brataua and Tatung, who dwelt between the Lakes and the 

 sea, and in South Gippsland ; wang means " bark," and ngara " a string " or " tough," heuce ngarang " a sinew." The 

 application of such a term seems more appropriate to E. amygdalina than to E. globulus, for the bark of the former is 

 extremely tough, and can be detached from the bole in long strips. The bark of E. globulus is not so tough, but at times 

 hangs from the tree in long strings, in reference to which, perhaps, the name is given. 



I Yuroka was the name given by the Krauatun Kurnai, who lived at the Snowy River and spoke Thang quai, or 

 " broad speech," to the mountain stringy bark, E. macrorhyncha. 



